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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: large"><B>Hanging in the Balance:
</B></SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: medium"><BR>Hundreds of Thousands of
Jobs; Medicaid and other State Services; </SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: medium">Help for the Long-Term Jobless</SPAN></B></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: medium">Next week, the Senate will decide whether
to save jobs and services, help the unemployed, and boost the
economy.</SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: large"><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,255)"><B>PLEASE CALL YOUR SENATORS</B></SPAN><B>
(Toll-free: 888-340-6521*)</B></SPAN><BR>and tell them:</P>
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<LI><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: small">Please restore six months of extra
Medicaid help to states and COBRA health coverage subsidies for the
unemployed to the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act (H.R.
4213);</SPAN>
<LI><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: small">Protect existing provisions in H.R. 4213
to extend unemployment insurance, continue the TANF Emergency Fund, provide
summer jobs for youth, and fund the National Housing Trust Fund;</SPAN>
<LI><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: small">ENACT H.R. 4213 WITH THESE ESSENTIAL
IMPROVEMENTS NOW!</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: small"><BR><BR><B>This
is <SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,255)"><U>so</U></SPAN> important.
</B>Some in Congress are insisting on ending state aid, unemployment
benefits, and the other vital services listed above because they think it
will help reduce the deficit. They need to be reminded that our
economy is still very weak. We will not reduce the deficit by throwing
thousands more out of work and depriving the jobless of vital income that
they put right back into the economy. <A title=http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qO0eADI38HHJA/qziRbnnGcwUCd9bJV5 href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qO0eADI38HHJA%2FqziRbnnGcwUCd9bJV5">Mark
Zandi</A>, Chief Economist for Moody's Economy.Com, has rated unemployment
insurance and state aid as two very effective ways to boost economic
growth. (For every dollar spent on UI, $1.61 is returned in economic
growth; every dollar spent on state aid generates $1.41 in economic
growth.)<BR><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,255)"><I><B><BR>Please
remember</B></I></SPAN> - because Congress did not act last week,
unemployment and health insurance benefits for the long-term unemployed have
expired. States are now making decisions about their budgets; without
the $23 billion that should be added to H.R. 4213, they are likely to make
even harsher cuts, not only in Medicaid, but across state programs.
All the above provisions are urgently needed. <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: medium"><B>The Senate must act now. Please
call: </B></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: large"><B>888-340-6521</B></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: small"><BR></SPAN></LI></UL>
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<P><BR><A title=http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=anV/v0q2vQUDBTUP43t4YGcwUCd9bJV5 href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=anV%2Fv0q2vQUDBTUP43t4YGcwUCd9bJV5">Background</A>
about the House bill: <A title=http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=v/jAsT4SKTC+RJ4jI74JemcwUCd9bJV5 href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=v%2FjAsT4SKTC%2BRJ4jI74JemcwUCd9bJV5">http://www.chn.org/humanneeds/100602a.html</A><BR>Read
about the <A title=http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=i3hjJbsSH1SOnBewvdZVMmcwUCd9bJV5 href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=i3hjJbsSH1SOnBewvdZVMmcwUCd9bJV5">urgent
need for continued federal aid to states</A>: Center on Budget and
Policy Priorities, <A title=http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=av3YGjEKE3uUhlci9FU6jGcwUCd9bJV5 href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=av3YGjEKE3uUhlci9FU6jGcwUCd9bJV5">http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3199</A><BR><I><B>And
a word about today's unemployment report: </B></I> Almost all the job
growth in the report is from temporary federal Census collector jobs.
But state and local government jobs are declining - a loss of 22,000 state and
local jobs in just the last month; 192,000 public jobs lost since August
2008. And that's with federal aid - if it is abruptly withdrawn, it
could cost the economy up to 900,000 public and private sector jobs next
year. The May unemployment figures show 46 percent of the unemployed
have been out of work for more than six months. More than one in four
teenagers are unemployed. Cutting state aid and help for the jobless
will give new depth to the term "penny-wise, pound-foolish."<BR></P>
<P>*Thanks to AFSCME for the use of this toll-free number; when you call, you
enter your zip code and are directed straight to your Senators' offices after
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